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Jodi looking out over the Inca ruins on the Inca Trail

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This lady is mashing maize for corn beer with a heavy round stone on a well worn stone table.

IncaTrail - second camp at Pacaymayu

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Our treking group on the Inca Trail.

The courtyard of the Museo Arte Pre-Colombiano - home of the most pretentious captions in the world

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he vast Inca’s Empire was connected by an extense Inca trail system. The Classic Inca Trail

is the most popular trail in Peru. This is the only trail that has as final destination, Machu Picchu. www.latikaincatrail.com/

This type of construction is pretty common on the territory of Inca Empire. What if it was pyramids, and the real treasure is inside?

Inca ruins along the Inca Trail Day 3.

Huayllabamba is another name for Wayllabamba. We were surprised to find out that our camp site was one of about 20 peers.

...or perhaps Hugo's just despairing at our dreadful pronunciation of this place name?

The Peruvian woman happened to pass by right when I was taking the picture.

Hedy and Sophia on the Inca Trail.

Picking our way down the Inca trail, these paving stones have survived 500+ years of weather and only Huana Capac knows how many feet, hooves and paws have trod along this trail over the years.

You can hear each other through the walls. Why build a room like this? To make future tourists look like asses? Success! (That's me in the green ankle pants; sister Katie to my left; the Dutch duo and Daniel to my right.)

Sometimes I felt we were moving too fast. And not because it was physically challenging. I felt lack of time to stop and enjoy ourselves in the high lands. Most of the time we arrived to the camp location very early, but camp's vicinity is never as spectacular as random spot on the trek. On the other hand, I realized that elementary safety considerations and compassion to our satellites required early arrivals to the camp places.

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My back would be killing me! Our chef would cook the entire meal on the ground like this. 4 course meal. Delicious!

Originally discovered by Hiram Bingham (the discoverer of Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail). Most likely used as resting place for Inca couriers: chaskis.

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